"New game plus - quests will have no rewards..."

[NessaWyvern]

Personally I don't like gear factoring into PvP and I like PvP. I wouldn't mind more skills either (that are default available or picked from the list, now level obtained), or perhaps some other rpg-ish content added to pvp (could imagine something along the lines of your squadron, since that's also GC related). But I like the balance that a veteran of pvp is equal to a new player except for their own potential skill.

Herein lies the problem I guess. Can't have PvP rewards or it would be unfair to new players entering PvP,
And we can't have "non-PvP" rewards (cosmetics) without PvErs getting their knickers in a twist because they want those rewards, but they don't want to do PvP.

Squeenix removed the stats and ability PvP rewards, so they had to put in other rewards, or else you wouldn't get anything for doing PvP.
TBH, I personally don't like that people get mad over cosmetic rewards in PvP, yet cosmetic rewards in PvE content is just fine for them.